surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available; he died while undergoing surgery.
A quarter mile is, by definition, a fourth of a mile. It is 1,320 feet or 402.3 meters. On a standard-sized Olympic track, it is a little more than a single lap.
Why are there 5280 feet in a mile? Mile is an ancient length unit, commonly used by Romans (equals to 5000 Roman feet). When British started using it as a length unit, it was necessary to relate it to furlong which was a very common length unit used in agriculture. 1 furlong is 660 feet.It was decided that one mile to have eight furlongs, that's why there are 5280 feet in a mile (8 * 660 = 5280). For other length unit conversions, please go to Length Conversion.o find out how many feet in miles or vice versa, please either use these conversion factors by multplying them to get the result or simply use the converters below. 1 Mile = 5280 Feet.